Sutter-Yuba County Biographies
WESLEY ABEL MOON
Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler
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Wesley Abel Moon accompanied his parents to California in 1874, and throughout
his active career has been identified with its agricultural and industrial
interests. He was born in Dekalb County, Ill., July 4, 1864, a son of Orren
Wesley and Elizabeth (Comstock) Moon, both natives of New York. Orren Wesley
Moon was a blacksmith by trade and also followed farming in the State of
Illinois. He brought his family to California in 1874 and settled at Meridian,
where he farmed for a couple of years; then he purchased a quarter-section of
land one mile south of the present site of Sutter City. Five children were born
to them. Lela, now Mrs. Devore, resides in Oregon; Mary A. is now Mrs.
Lybecker, whose sketch appears in this history; Annette R. is now Mrs. T. J.
Moore and resides in Sutter; Wesley Abel is the subject of this sketch; and
Lester G. is deceased.
Wesley Abel Moon received his education at the Washington district school
adjacent to the home ranch, and has always been associated with his parents in
farming. The father of our subject passed away when he was seventy-two years
old, and the mother survived him until 1922. The home place of the Moons
consisted of 240 acres, which remained the home place until 1919, when it was
sold and our subject and his mother moved into Sutter City, where the mother
passed away, aged eighty-seven. Mr. Moon has never married and is now living
retired from active business cares, but interested in the welfare and
advancement of his home community.
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p 820